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nyvram1
06-03-2005, 02:28 PM
http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2376&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Yikes! Leon or Gotapex have you noticed this on any of your 400scs?? Suddenly I am antsy to get home & check on my 400sc. :gle:

The gist is: capaciters with a plus (+) on top = bad; capaciters with a "K" on top = good.
thekidrocks
06-03-2005, 02:41 PM
http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2376&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Yikes! Leon or Gotapex have you noticed this on any of your 400scs?? Suddenly I am antsy to get home & check on my 400sc. :gle:

The gist is: capaciters with a plus (+) on top = bad; capaciters with a "K" on top = good.

GREAT! (ugh)

Issue is also that the Dimension 8300 and XPS Generation 2 as well as some Precision workstations use the same basic Intel motherboard as the 400SC.. it was really the other way around as the 400SC was a cheap way to get a high-end Dell for dirt cheap, and configure it the way you wanted it.

The DVD burner in my XPS Gen 2 just failed, and I need to send remove it/send it off as I already have a RMA from Aopen. I'll be looking at those caps in my MB when I have that beast open.
Bires
06-03-2005, 03:00 PM
Hmm...

Mine was built in the danger-time. I'll have to crack it open and take a look. So far, it's been a great machine-file vault now.
thekidrocks
06-03-2005, 04:48 PM
Whew - just looked, and my caps have a "K" on them - and aren't leaking.

Anyone catch anything as far as what Dell is going to do about this issue?
Bires
06-03-2005, 10:29 PM
Anyone catch anything as far as what Dell is going to do about this issue?

Sell you another board. ;)


I just found that mine are K's as well...phew.
SnowSurfer
06-04-2005, 05:00 AM
good thing i built my own computer...with an amd processor :)
Bires
06-04-2005, 05:27 AM
good thing i built my own computer...with an amd processor :)

Until I got my SC400, I felt like this too. That comp was the first I didn't build, since 1992. The way dell/intel designed it impressed me, especialy for the cost.
thekidrocks
06-04-2005, 08:52 AM
good thing i built my own computer...with an amd processor :)

I did too! I built a slick little SFF box from Biostar that would fit in a breadbox. I wanted a socket A, so I could use an AMD processor... which in my case I popped for an Athlon XP2600+. I am running 512MB of dual-channel PC3200, which is enough for what I use it for.

Funny thing, I own 1 laptop and 4 non-laptop computers. The laptop has an Athlon 64 under the hood, the SFF one I built is Althon Barton core, this Dell is Intel (of course) P4 3.4Ghz and the other two are IBM. I guess you can guess the brand of those ;)

(Hint, one is a G4, the other is a G5)

BTW - SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!! WHOOOHOOOOO!!!! Just had my last final!
LegendKiller
06-05-2005, 09:31 PM
I think this is an issue with Dell in general. My work computer had 9 out of the 11 VRM caps exploded, the service tech replaced it and I was suprised at the damage.